Key Issues For Education Researchers (education Studies: Key Issues)

Burton & Bartlett-3845-Prelims:Burton Prelims.qxp 4/8/2009 10:19 AM Page i Key Issues for Education Researchers Burton & Bartlett-3845-Prelims:Burton Prelims.qxp 4/8/2009 8:22 PM Page ii Education Studies: Key Issues In the last fifteen years or so Education Studies has developed rapidly as a distinctive subject in its own right. Beginning initially at undergraduate level, this expansion is now also taking place at masters level and is characterised by an increasingly analytical approach to the study of education. As education studies programmes have developed there has emerged a number of discrete study areas that require indepth texts to support student learning. ‘Introduction to Education Studies: Second Edition’ is the core text in this series and gives students an important grounding in the study of education. It provides an overview of the subject and introduces the reader to fundamental theories and debates in the field. The series, ‘Key Issues in Education Studies,’ has evolved from this core text and, using the same critical approach, each volume outlines a significant area of study within the education studies field. All of the books have been written by experts in their area and provide the detail and depth required by students as they progress further in the subject. Taken as a whole, this series provides a comprehensive set of texts for the student of education. Whilst of particular value to students of Education Studies, the series will also be instructive for those studying related areas such as Childhood Studies and Special Needs, as well as being of interest to students on initial teacher training courses and practitioners working in education. We hope that this series provides you, the reader, with plentiful opportunities to explore further this exciting and significant area of study and we wish you well in your endeavours. Steve Bartlett and Diana Burton Burton & Bartlett-3845-Prelims:Burton Prelims.qxp 4/8/2009 10:19 AM Page iii Key Issues for Education Researchers Diana Burton and Steve Bartlett Burton & Bartlett-3845-Prelims:Burton Prelims.qxp 4/8/2009 10:19 AM © Diana Burton and Steve Bartlett 2009 First published 2009 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd 1 Oliver’s Yard 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP SAGE Publications Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd B 1/I 1 Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area Mathura Road New Delhi 110 044 SAGE Publications Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd 33 Pekin Street #02-01 Far East Square Singapore 048763 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008940127 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-84787-357-6 ISBN 978-1-847